{"id":1554371,"date":"2023-03-19T22:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1554371"},"modified":"2023-03-19T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:24:23","slug":"james-wiseman-contract-pistons-fleeced-warriors-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/james-wiseman-contract-pistons-fleeced-warriors-trade-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"James Wiseman Contract: Pistons Fleeced the Warriors at the Trade Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/golden-state-warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>\u00a0picked James Wiseman out of Memphis with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. Then when the youngster didn\u2019t give the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/bill-simmons-stubbornly-refuses-call-golden-state-warriors-dynasty\/\">defending NBA champions<\/a>\u00a0what they needed, the franchise gave up on him at the 2023 NBA trade deadline. Now, he\u2019s on the young and up-and-coming\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/detroit-pistons\/\">Detroit Pistons<\/a>\u00a0and looking like the top prospect his draft status suggested. And that means the Pistons may have a deadline day steal, but a big James Wiseman contract decision is looming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-james-wiseman-contract\"><strong>The James Wiseman contract<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/James-Wiseman-contract-1.jpg?w=925&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"James Wiseman contract, James Wiseman, Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons\" class=\"wp-image-1554373\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Wiseman | Gregory Shamus\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the No. 2 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the initial James Wiseman contract with the Warriors was a four-year, $39,619,840 fully-guaranteed deal with an annual average salary of $9,904,960 per season, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/james-wiseman-70644\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotrac<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Pistons-Warriors (and Hawks and Blazers, more on that below) trade that sent Wiseman to Detroit, the Pistons have the young 7-footer under contractual control for several years. In 2022-23, Wiseman is earning $9,603,360. Next season, that salary will be $12,119,440, which is estimated at just over 9% of the team\u2019s salary cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 2024 offseason, without an extension, Wiseman would become a restricted free agent. In that scenario, if Wiseman took the qualifying offer, it would only cost the Pistons $15,815,870 for the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue the Pistons face now is that after the third year of the rookie James Wiseman contract, the team has to make a decision about giving the big man a max rookie extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a No. 2 overall pick who is now showing glimpses of superstar potential with his new team, Wiseman surely wants the max rookie extension. But will Detroit be willing to hand out a five-year, $195,000,000 deal that runs through 2028 and pays the now-21-year-old $33.63 million per season?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he keeps playing like he has through 14 games with the Pistons, they might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>James Wiseman was a steal for the Pistons <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coast-to-Coast James Wiseman!<br><br>Rebounds his own miss and converts the and-1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAd1LWopBh\">pic.twitter.com\/lAd1LWopBh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jackson Lloyd (@JacksonLloydNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacksonLloydNBA\/status\/1637600183243382784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After James Wiseman played 39 up-and-down games for the Warriors in his rookie year, the 7-foot center then suffered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/warriors-concerning-freefall-disappointing-james-wiseman-news\/\">knee injury that sidelined him<\/a>\u00a0for the rest of the 2020-21 season and the entirety of the 2021-22 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he returned in 2022-23, Wiseman bounced between the Warriors and the franchise\u2019s G League team. The developing young center never fit in with the Warriors\u2019 style of play or their needs for every night production as the defending NBA champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the 2023 NBA trade deadline, the Warriors finally gave up on Wiseman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defending champs shipped him to the Pistons in a four-team deal. The Warriors, Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, and Portland Trail Blazers were all involved. There were a lot of moving pieces (and a lot of second-round picks), but in the end, the Pistons sent Saddiq Bey to the Hawks, the Warriors got Gary Payton II from the Blazers, and Wiseman ended up in Detroit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the big man is looking like a top-two draft pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wiseman\u2019s first 13 games with the Pistons, the center is averaging 26.4 minutes, 13.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game. He is also 54.0% from the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, March 19, Wiseman had a monster 14th game for Detroit. The center played 33 minutes in a 112-100 loss to the Miami Heat and scored 22 points with 13 rebounds. Wiseman also shot 77% from the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the soon-to-be 22-year-old (March 31) keeps this up and the Pistons ink a long-term James Wiseman contract, he could become a major force, especially when paired with returning\u00a0star Cade Cunningham\u00a0in 2023-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pistons stole James Wiseman from the Warriors, but now the team has a big decision to make on a James Wiseman contract extension. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1554373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4816,4849,86460],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>James Wiseman Contract: Pistons Fleeced Warriors at Trade Deadline - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Pistons stole James Wiseman from the Warriors, but now the team has a big decision to make on a James Wiseman contract extension.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/james-wiseman-contract-pistons-fleeced-warriors-trade-deadline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James Wiseman Contract: Pistons Fleeced Warriors at Trade Deadline - 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